South Carolina Senate Bill 967

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-17 - Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
Pending: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-71-440, Relating To Hmos And Health Benefit Plans Offering Medical Eye Care Or Vision Care Benefits And Prohibited Actions, So As To Define Terms And Outline Additional Prohibited Actions And Allowable Actions; By Adding Sections 38-71-441 And 38-71-442 Both So As To Prohibit Certain Actions Between A Health Benefit Plan And An Optometrist Or Therapeutic Optometrist; And By Adding Section 38-71-443 So As To Prohibit A Vision Care Plan From Using Extrapolation To Complete An Audit.

Vision insurance

Sen. Brian Adams [R]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. Michael Fanning [D]	Sen. Joshua Kimbrell [R]
Sen. Michael Johnson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
2024-01-17	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	71	440	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	441	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	442	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	443	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0967&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/967_20240117.htm